How U.S. Hospitals Undercut Public Health
This article was originally published in Undark Magazine. Health care in the United States — the largest industry in the world’s largest economy — is notoriously cost…
Read moreThe Health Effects of the Arkansas Gender-Affirming Care Trial on Trans Youth
This week, a federal court in Arkansas is hearing testimony about whether a ban on access to gender-affirming health care passed by the state’s legislature in 2021,…
Read moreMars Was Always Destined to Die
Mars is the solar system’s near-miss world. Earth may have gotten everything right when it came to sustaining life—atmosphere, water, proximity to the sun. Mercury, Venus and…
Read moreSpain Is Facing a Second Wave of Coronavirus Outbreaks. Here’s What to Know
Authorities in Spain prohibited anyone from entering or leaving the town of Totana in the southeastern part of the country yesterday, after 55 people who went to…
Read moreThe Art of Air Conditioner Maintenance
Given that the average person in the U.S. spends 90% of their time inside, indoor air quality can have a significant impact on overall health and well-being….
Read moreWebb Telescope Spots Oldest Galaxies Ever Seen
Nobody knows exactly when the 13.8-billion-year-old universe first switched on its stellar lights, but the best guess for the emergence of the earliest stars and galaxies is…
Read moreThe Leaders Financing the Planet’s Future
Understanding climate change requires wrapping your head around some crazy financial figures. To transition the global economy away from fossil fuels, governments, financiers, and businesses must invest…
Read moreThere Will Be a Super Worm Moon on the Spring Equinox. Here’s How to See It
Another month, another “supermoon”. Tonight, the “super worm moon”—the third supermoon of 2019 to be exact— will light up the sky in all its slightly-larger-than-usual glory. What…
Read moreShots Heard Round the World
Just before 9:30 a.m. on Monday, Sandra Lindsay, an intensive care nurse at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in Queens, New York, became one of the first…
Read moreChina’s premier pledges further market opening as talk of trade war mounts
The familiar-sounding pledges from Beijing came as the prospect of a global trade war loomed in the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump imposition of hefty import…
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